NewDelhi Jan 2 : India recorded 27,553 new COVID-19 cases, 284 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 4,81,770, as per data released by the Ministry of Health.
An increase of 18,020 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The country also recorded 9,249 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 3,42,84,561.
India logged 94 fresh Omicron infections, taking the total tally of such cases in the country to 1,525, according to the Union Health Ministry data. At least 560 have recovered, the Health Ministry said.